Lamonte Winston had difficult conversations with players who wanted to follow Colin Kaepernick's lead -- and were afraid to lose their jobs if they protested against racial injustice.
Winston, who previously worked in player development and scouting with the Raiders and Chiefs, has joined the non-profit organization Dedication To Community as national director of its sports division to lead efforts to grow relationships between teams, athletes and communities.
Winston said D2C has programs in place that will help athletes "fashion and shape their conversations." The organization conducts training that focuses on addressing the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Professional athletes made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice on Wednesday when all three NBA playoff games that were scheduled were postponed because players chose to boycott following the shooting by police of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Following the nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell denounced racism in a video prompted greatly by a players' video seeking NFL action. "It's going to be a tough conversation, and I think the best part is we're all open to hearing about what's best for our team and our organization," McLeod said. "That may mean taking a knee. That could mean us raising our fist in solidarity. Or we could take a whole different approach to shine light on a lot of these social injustice matters that exist in our country.
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